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BY DILLON TABISH
MONTANA SIDELINES
A ROUNDUP OF LOCAL SPORTS NEWS
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Former Glacier High Star Wins State Am Golf Title
Kalispell’s Ryan Porch cruised to a dominating victory in the Montana State Amateur Golf Championship last week- end in Laurel.
Porch, a 2013 Glacier High School graduate, carded 68-66-73 — 207 to win by nine strokes at the 99th annual tour- nament. The victory ended a streak of back-to-back runner-up nishes for the Kalispell standout. The University of Idaho standout was the lone golfer to n- ish the tournament under par.
Tyler Jessop of Corvallis and Jim Coleman of Billings tied for second at even par 216. Mark Mance of White sh and Jerry Pearsall of Billings tied for fourth at 3-over 219.
Kalispell native Logan Iverson tied for 13th with 227. Conor Rooney of White sh tied for 17th with 228. Joe Cielak of Libby placed 19th with 229. White sh’s Shawn Tucker tied for 22nd with 232.
Glacier’s Hashley Commits to Play Football at MSU
Jaxen Hashley, a 6-foot-6, 240-pound all-state defensive linemen who will be a senior at Glacier High School in the fall, has verbally committed to play football at Montana State University.
Hashley committed July 23 to being a Bobcat after graduating high school in spring 2017.
The all-state lineman is returning to the eld this fall after injuring his knee last season. He had 43.5 tackls, one inter- ception and 3.5 sacks before the late-sea- son injury. During Glacier’s undefeated state championship season in 2014, Hashley recorded 49.5 total tackles and 7.5 sacks.
Hashley’s father, Doug, is a member of the MSU Hall of Fame. Doug was a stand- out all-conference basketball player from 1978-82.
Jaxen’s sister, Cassidy, is a standout basketball player at Carroll College.
Davidson Wins Top Competition at The Event at Rebecca Farm
Buck Davidson, one of the top riders in America, won the CCI 3-star competition at The Event at Rebecca Farm on July 24, capping the 15th annual equestrian tri- athlon with an exciting victory.
Davidson, consistently ranked among the top four riders in the U.S. in recent years, claimed the top prize after placing third a year ago.
Davidson piloted Carl Siegel and Sherrie Martin’s 10-year-old Irish Sport Horse, Copper Beach, to a owing clear round over Chris Barnard’s iconic show- jumping course. Davidson entered Sun- day’s nal competition in second place
behind Hannah Sue Burnett on Under Suspection, a Holsteiner owned by Mary Ann Ghadban. Davidson nished the competition with an overall score of 48.7. Burnett had one unlucky rail down, dropping her behind Davidson to a score of 49.6.
“I’d never want anything bad to hap- pen to anyone else but I am really happy not to be second. And it’s great to have my friends here next to me,” Davidson said, pointing to Burnett and CCI 3-star third- place nisher, Hawley Bennett-Awad.
It was an emotional return to the three-star level for Bennett-Awad aboard hernewmount,Jollybo.
“I have unbelievable people behind me and one of them is Buck. To put my red coat on again is very special,” said Bennett-Awad.
Jollybo and Bennett-Awad nished in third place overall with a score of 57.9.
Davidson held his overnight lead in the CCI 2-star, jumping a double clear round to nish on 43.2 penalties with Christine Turner’s Halimey, a Trakehner stallion.
“I’ve got to give credit to Michael Pol- lard. He’s done all the work with this horse,” said Davidson. “Hal was great today, great in all three phases. I really didn’t do very much other than steer.”
RevitaVet Elijah, owned and ridden by James Alliston, nished second in the CCI 2-star with 44.8 penalties. Kevin Baumgardner had enthusiastic cheering as he and his own Wembley jumped clear to take third on a score 56.9.
The competitions concluded another spectacular event at Rebecca Farm, which once again featured 10 courses ranging from novice to Olympian qual- i er. Scottish equestrian Ian Stark was the course’s designer for the fth year in a row. Stark has won multiple Olympic medals and was inducted into the Scot- tish Sports Hall of Fame in 2010.
Aragon Earns Bronze Medal at Junior World Championships
Christina Aragon, a 19-year-old run- ning sensation from Billings, earned a bronze medal in the 1,500-meter race at the IAAF U20 World Championships in Poland last weekend.
Aragon clocked a new personal-best time of 4:08.71, the fourth-fastest time in U.S. history for an athlete not in college. The recent Billings Senior High School graduate nished just behind win- ner, Adanech Anbesa of Ethipopia, who clocked 4:08.07, and runner-up Fantu Worku of Ethiopia, who ran 4:08.43.
Aragon, who advanced to the semi- nals of the Olympic Trials earlier this month, will now take two weeks o before going to Stanford where she will begin her collegiate career.
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